AMBIAROMA: the application of two different scents on both sides of the body
AROMAHOARDER: a person who keeps perfume bottles around for years or decades
BASE NOTARIZATION: spritzing your signature fragrance on a hand-written letter
BOO-QUET: a smell or fragrance that haunts you years later
CADOMASOCHISM: voluntarily walking through the perfume counter department store
CAUSTNEGUM: burning something from the forest to banish negativity
COROMA: wearing the same scent as your partner while in Rome
DIAGNOSEY: likely to sniff, then judge, a friend’s or stranger’s perfume bottles in the bathroom
GYNOACRID: the metallic, plastic, rubber stench in a gynecologist office
HALLUCINOSES: hallucinating where thousands of brightly colored noses are partying and talking to each other at high speed
HOMOSCENTUAL: devoted to one scent or fragrance no matter the occasion.
IMPULSE POINTS: dabbing fragrance haphazardly to whatever skin surface is closest
LITSCENT: fragrances that become more meaningful the more cocktails you have
MIDWHIFFERY: the practice of offering personalized, respective guidance in the process of selecting a fragrance
NOSTRILOQUIST: a person who smells so good, the shorter person next to you smells better too
OLFACTORY FARMED: fragrances mass produced under less-than-ethical conditions
QUINTESSENCE: layering five different perfumes on your body
RETROSCENTIVE: insisting on wearing the same fragrance you did in high school
SNIFFTER: a small quantity of perfume in a glass bottle
SUBPARFUM: a fragrance that doesn’t smell as good on you as it did on the tester strip